Following the official launch of the Zenaro Lighting Alliance in April 2010 - a global company alliance between founding members Everlight Electronics (Taiwan), LCC (Germany) and Aphos Lighting (USA) that was established to confront the future challenges of the global lighting market by bundling the members' LED technology and lighting expertise - the foundation of a new company Zenaro Lighting GmbH was announced today.

Zenaro Lighting GmbH with headquarters in Kamp-Lintfort/Germany will develop and sell LED luminaires and systems specifically for the market segments consumer/lifestyle, office, street and parking lots, as well as LED retrofits and other accessories such as power supplies and light engines. Furthermore, there are plans to set up a manufacturing facility for LED luminaires at Kamp-Lintfort. Starting with an initial focus on the German and European markets, Zenaro Lighting GmbH will later on expand its operations internationally by leveraging the existing infrastructure of today's Zenaro Lighting Alliance partners in Taiwan, China and USA and of additional alliance members in the future.

The initial investment to found Zenaro Lighting GmbH amounts to 4 Million Euros. Co-founder of the new company is the well-known LED industry pioneer Hans-Dieter Wustlich, founder and previous owner of WUSTLICH OPTO-ELEKTRONIK GmbH.

About Zenaro - the Lighting Alliance
Zenaro - the Lighting Alliance is a new global company alliance between founding members Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. with headquarters in Taipei/Taiwan, Lighting Competence Center GmbH (LCC), the R&D centre of Everlight Electronics Europe in Karlsruhe/Germany and LED lighting expert Aphos Lighting based out of Texas/USA. The goal of the alliance is to bundle the members' core competences - long-term LED technology know-how as well as a profound knowledge and experience in the lighting area - to be optimally positioned for the challenges to come of the global lighting market, and to take on a worldwide leading role. For more Information, please visit us at: www.zenarolighting.com